Rolf Birkhölzer

Rolf Birkhölzer
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-09-29)29 September 1949
Place of birth Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany
Date of death 6 March 2026(2026-03-06) (aged 76)
Place of death Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 1. FC Köln 12 (0)
1970–1972 KSV Hessen Kassel
VfB Gießen
TuSpo Ziegenhain
Managerial career
1982 FSV Frankfurt
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rolf Birkhölzer (29 September 1949 – 6 March 2026) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Birkhölzer started playing football at the age of nineteen for 1. FC Köln. He also played for KSV Hessen Kassel, VfB Gießen and TuSpo Ziegenhain in a playing career that lasted thirteen years and finished in 1981. He later became the coach of FSV Frankfurt, Schrecksbach, Bad Homburg and TuSpo Ziegenhain.

He played seven internationals for Germany's youth side.

Birkhölzer died at his home in Wetzlar, Germany, on 6 March 2026, at the age of 76.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Rolf Birkhölzer" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  2. ^ FC trauert um ehemaligen Torwart Rolf Birkhölzer (in German)
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